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First Detailed Account of Inland Australia

John Oxley.Journals of Two Expeditions into the
Interior of New South Wales, Undertaken by Order of the British
Government in the Years 1817-18. London: John
Murray, 1820.

First edition. Quarto. xvi, 408 pages. Three folding maps, two of
which have been repaired, two folding tables, one folding plate,
and five plates, two of which are hand colored.

Half green leather over marbled boards with titles stamped in gilt
on two labels on the spine. Six compartments between five raised
bands on the spine. Spine panel faded with light shelf wear at the
corners. Scattered light to moderate foxing throughout. Small worm
holes affecting two maps, a folding table and the pages mainly in
the second half of the text block. Still, taken in whole, a very
good copy of this rather scarce book.

Oxley's account is the first detailed description of inland
Australia. Though Oxley himself thought the land of little value,
his explorations paved the way for future interest and settlement.

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